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Michigan State University, under U.S. Department of Education oversight since 2014 because of its mishandling of sexual assault and gender discrimination cases, asked federal officials last fall to end their monitoring of the university because administrators had been acting in "good faith" and had "gone above and beyond" in meeting standards laid out by federal officials, according to documents obtained by Outside the Lines.

The Oct. 17 request was rejected outright by federal officials for several reasons but in large part because of how the university has handled sexual assault allegations against former MSU athletics physician Larry Nassar, the documents obtained by Outside the Lines show:

-Michigan State administrators in 2014 did not notify federal officials that the university had dual Title IX and campus police investigations of Nassar underway even though federal investigators were on campus that year scrutinizing how MSU dealt with sexual assault allegations.

-MSU administrators still have not provided to federal officials all documents related to the Nassar allegations.

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Chipper was a no-brainer, and I honestly didn't realize Vlad's stats were so good. Those two, Hoffman and Thome will join Tram and Jack in Cooperstown this summer. Good stuff.

The NBA wants a 1% cut of all wagers (an "integrity fee") in a push for legalized sports betting. Former commissioner David Stern was against legalized sports betting and current commssioner Adam Silver changed that stance in a 2014 NYT op-ed.

A quote from Silver in the Yahoo! article states there is a great deal of 'in-play' betting - quarter scores and other outcomes not requiring the whole game - and thus there is more engagement with the game. Thus legalizing betting should be a rational step.

Personally it reinforces my belief that NBA management is far more sophisticated than their NFL counterparts in willing to push boundaries (tech, global, etc.). I could see the NBA setting up some sort of NBA League Pass/NFL Red Zone hybrid channel that allows you to bet in-game from your own home on pretty much anything. It would be similar to how sports leagues try to resell tickets on their own exchanges instead of a StubHub.

That said, this still feels odd to me. The NBA has its reputation with gambling due to Donaghy and the NBA taking revenue from unlikely betting outcomes when they control all parts of the process (e.g. refs) seems like a conflict of interest waiting to happen. Maybe I'm old though and not woke enough.